CN1227052C - Process and apparatus for separating solid substances from gases - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for separating particulate matter from a gaseous stream. According to the method, the gaseous stream containing the suspended particulates is passed into a separator apparatus which includes at least two multiple-inlet-multicyclones (16A-16C), wherein the particulates are separated from the gas by centrifugal force. According to the invention, a separator apparatus is employed wherein at least two (16A-16C) of the multiple-inlet cyclones are adapted to operate in parallel so as to form a multiple-inlet-multicyclone apparatus. The cyclone assembly according to the invention may be used as, e.g, the primary separator of an FCC unit, but more advantageously it serves as the secondary or tertiary separator of an FCC unit to remove ''fines'' from the flue gases of the preceding separation stages.
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The present invention relates to the method for separating solid substances from gas.
According to the method, the air-flow of entrained solids thing is admitted to a separator equipment, comprises a separative element that is made of at least 2 multiple entry cyclones in this equipment, and therein, solids is separated from gas phase under action of centrifugal force.
The present invention also relates to a kind of cyclone equipment, this equipment comprises a kind of assembly that is made of 2 multiple entry cyclones at least.
Method and apparatus of the present invention is particularly suitable for using together with the process of handle hydrocarbon.These processes comprise, for example, catalysis and thermal cracking, dehydrogenation, Fischer-Tropsch are synthetic, the manufacturing of maleic anhydride and the oxidative dimerization of methane.But except that these, the present invention also can be used for the solids in the separation bubble usually.Therefore, another important use field is to be used to produce heat energy and electric energy, and wherein, disclosed technology is particularly suitable for using with solid-fuelled externally fired boiler.
Hydrocarbon conversion process all is to adopt fixed bed reactors and fluidized-bed reactor (FCC reactor) operation usually.In the context of the present specification, " fluidized catalytic process equipment " is meant the equipment of the process that is used to have particulate powdery suspended catalyst, and for example, in the air-flow that upwards promotes lentamente, wherein, catalyst can promote required reaction.
A kind of fluid bed catalytic reaction 1 device system of extensive use is a FCC equipment in the prior art, promptly, fluid catalytic cracker, as main parts, comprise usually one quick fluidized flow mutually in the tubular type riser, of operation at a large volume reactor that dilute suspension is operated in mutually and a regenerator of operating in mutually at fluid bed.
In the FCC unit, riser and large volume reactor can discharge the air-flow that has suspended solids, and particle matter wherein and gaseous product are separated from each other in the cyclone separator of its function based on centrifugal force.Usually, air-flow is by a plurality of cyclone separators of a row, improving whole separative efficiency, because the single cyclone separator of ordinary construction its separating property when the particle that separates less than 15 μ m is very poor.
The existing coil pipe of cyclone separator also has the coil structure, therein, the particulate matter in suspension thing is taken as the cylindrical section that the tangent line air-flow is introduced cyclone separator, therefore catalyst particle is arrived on the inwall, like this, when air-flow generally after the cylindrical section of cyclone separator reverberates 7-9 and changes, catalyst particle will be separated from gas because of action of centrifugal force, again this process is continued at conical section then.The axial flow cyclone separator also is known, and therein, the air-flow of the pipeline of flowing through is forced to enter shuttling movement by blade, and therefore, solids is arrived on the tube wall because of centrifugal force, and like this, solids is just separated from air-flow.
At GB 1,592,051 and GB 1,526,509 patent announcements in the axial flow cyclone separator has been described.As disclosed in the communique of quoting, the axial flow cyclone separator comprises a tubular type cyclone separating chamber, has one to want processed air flow inlet hole on its first end, and the other end has a treated gas outlet hole.Propose this cyclone separator and be and internal combustion, diesel oil and the jet propulsion engine of the air inlet of needs cleaning, turbine and similarly equipment coupling.
Improve the utilization ratio of energy about the rules of the comparison strictness of clean air ambient with by the pressure that reduces turbine FCC regeneration gas, all the dust concentration in the FCC equipment has been proposed strict more requirement.Though by the diameter of cyclone separator is done the smaller separative efficiency that improves, this needs to use more cyclone separator again respectively.
Problem takes place in electrostatic precipitator regular meeting in energy production, because usually contain a large amount of unburned compositions in the combustion gas, this can pollute electrostatic precipitator and can greatly increase operational load.Than higher efficient, just these compositions can be circulated back to combustion process by means of cyclonic separation, like this, just can improve the efficient of boiler.Can not use any electrostatic precipitator in some cases, even fully and move a system.
In other problems, except that separative efficiency was not high, traditional FCC equipment also was subjected to the puzzlement of problems such as the corrosion of catalyst and solid circle thing and internal structure.In most of the cases, be used for removing the subject matter that the problem that is taken place in the cyclone separator of gas phase solids and catalyst is a whole system.In order to prevent this corrosion, traditional cyclone separator structure must be protected with ceramic lined in inside.It is more serious that the problem of relevant corrosion will become in the cyclone separator of minor diameter.
The structure of multiple entry cyclone separator is well-known in this technical field, and it is for example, U.S. Patent No. 3,969, the existing description in 096.Usually, the multiple entry cyclone separator refers to the cyclone separator that its separation chamber comprises at least two ingates, and wherein the solids in the divided gas flow to small part is by the tangential centrifugal force that imports along the separation locular wall of air-flow is finished.The cascade connection that is made of a plurality of multiple entry cyclone separators also is well-known.As for the situation of present technique field this respect, see also PCT patent application bulletin WO 99/25469, the arranging situation that the applicant proposes is wherein disclosed.How wherein to have illustrated by being connected in series of many multiple entry cyclone separators, improved whole separative efficiency greatly.The another kind of benefit of disclosed arrangement is by constituting the cascade separative element by the multiple entry cyclone separator, can greatly save the scale of factory, because the mode that such cyclone separator can be coaxial is together overlapped.But, should be noted that, both do not comprised the idea that is connected in parallel that relevant multiple entry cyclone separator is possible among the patent application of the quoting bulletin WO99/25469, and yet improved the separative efficiency of compound cyclone separator equipment and don't can cause discussion by said method than the possibility of heavy corrosion/friction without any relevant.
From US patent application 4,863,500, SE patent application 346,706 and DE patent application 849,507,914,701 and 1,146,338, all can recognize the multi-cyclone separator that comprises axial cyclone separator in parallel.But, wherein the multiple cyclone in parallel of the multi-cyclone separator in the disclosed solution of neither one is the multiple entry cyclone separator, and the separation process in the neither one scheme is to resemble the present invention the air-flow in the separation chamber along separating the air-flow that the locular wall guiding is essentially tangent line.For example, ask in the DE patent and disclose a kind of cyclone separator equipment in 914,701, wherein there is inner guide vane the separation chamber of cyclone separator.These blades can cause turbulent flow and flow-disturbing and can stop tangential logistics to flow to locular wall in the separation chamber.
The objective of the invention is to overcome above-mentioned shortcoming of the prior art and provide a kind of new from gas phase the technology of separating solid substances.
Purpose of the present invention can reach by a kind of like this method, is about to cyclone separator and makes a multiple entry cyclone separator unit that comprises many parallel connections.
Beyond thought is to it is found that therefore the separative efficiency of cyclone separator unit can improve, but can not accelerate the corrosion rate of equipment significantly.
Therefore, cyclone separator equipment of the present invention comprises the multiple entry cyclone separator of at least 2 parallel connections.Each cyclone separator all has a gaseous stream entry conductor, carrying solids to be processed in this logistics secretly, with a separation chamber that links to each other with entry conductor, there is the central axis of a basic vertical correction this separation chamber, and have 2 guide vanes at least, be used for forcing gaseous stream to enter the air-flow that the separation chamber is essentially tangent line, to finish the separation of solids in the gas phase.Connect dipping tube that a separated solids of confession uses and a straight line parallel in the bottom of cyclone separating chamber in the centre pipe of separation chamber's central axis, be used to discharge the gas phase of having isolated solids.Cyclone separator is operated in parallel with such method, and the entry conductor that is about to the multiple entry cyclone separator is connected to each other together and respectively the dipping tube of cyclone separator is connected on the public discharge tube.
Though cyclone separator of the present invention can be used for, for example, first segregation section of FCC apparatus, its best application is the second or the 3rd segregation section that is used as FCC apparatus, is used for separating the most small particle of front segregation section combustion gas particle matter.
More particularly, the inventive method be characterised in that a kind of from gaseous stream the method for separating particular matter, this method comprises:
The gaseous stream that will contain suspended particulate is sent into and is comprised at least 2 multiple entry multi-cyclone separator (16A-16C; In separation equipment 31A-31C), wherein, this particle is separated from gas by centrifugal force, it is characterized in that:
Used a kind of separator equipment, multiple entry cyclone separator wherein has straight guide vane, be used for gaseous stream is divided into the logistics of some branches,, and wherein have 2 (16A-16C at least so that the acceleration airflow rate of each branch's logistics all obtains adjustment respectively; 31A-31E) the multiple entry cyclone separator is suitable for parallel operation, so that form a kind of multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment.
The feature of the inventive method also is: processed gaseous stream is the combustion gas of discharging from the first separator equipment.
The feature of the inventive method also is: the above-mentioned first separator equipment comprises the serial configured of a kind of traditional cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator or same cyclone separator.
The feature of the inventive method also is: processed gaseous stream is sent into above-mentioned multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment from the second separator equipment.
The feature of the inventive method also is: the above-mentioned first and second separator equipment comprise a kind of traditional cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator, the combination of the serial configured of same cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator and the cyclone separator configuration of connecting.
The feature of the inventive method also is: processed gaseous stream is the gaseous product that emits from fluid catalytic cracking process and contain suspended catalyst.
The feature of the inventive method also is: processed gaseous stream is the combustion gas that emits thereby contain suspended catalyst in the burning process of catalyst regeneration.
The feature of the inventive method also is: described fluid catalytic cracking process comprises the catalytic cracking of the hydrocarbon compound of finishing in the fluid catalytic cracking unit.
The feature of the inventive method also is: processed process discharging gaseous stream is in heating or power generation process, the combustion gas that generates in the solid-fuelled fluidized bed combustion process.
In addition, cyclone separator equipment of the present invention be characterised in that a kind of from the gaseous stream of process equipment the assembly of separating particular matter, this assembly comprises:
At least 2 multiple entry cyclone separator (16A-16C; 31A-31E), it is characterized in that:
This multiple entry cyclone separator has straight guide vane, be used for gaseous stream is divided into the logistics of some branches so that the acceleration airflow rate of each branch's logistics all obtains respectively adjusting and
Have at least 2 multiple entry cyclone separators to be connected in parallel.
The feature of the inventive method also is: this multiple cyclone in parallel (16A-16C) has one by 2 concentric cylinders or part conoidal Shell surface (12,14; 14,21) the common gas access passage (15) that forms between, so this cyclone separator (16A-16C) is suitable in the operation of the inner space of described gas access passage (15).
The feature of the inventive method also is: this gas access passage (15) has a rounded cross section in the plane perpendicular to cyclone separating chamber's central shaft.
The invention provides huge interests.For example, cause the shear stress ratio of corrosion in the multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment of the present invention, for example, little based on traditional multi-cyclone separator equipment of axial flow cyclone separator.But the separative efficiency of the multi-cyclone separator equipment that is made of the multiple entry cyclone separator will be higher than the multi-cyclone separator equipment that is made of the axial flow cyclone separator, and its manufacturing cost is equal substantially.In the axial flow cyclone separator, the air-flow velocity of entrained solids thing can not quicken in flow channel, and acceleration is favourable for reaching than high separating efficiency.In contrast, the multiple entry cyclone separator all is furnished with straight guide vane usually, is used for main flow is divided into branch's logistics, and each branch's logistics can both be quickened the speed that reaches higher.The wearing and tearing of straight guide vane are littler than curved surface bucket, because straight guide vane does not need to make the directional steering of air-flow, and just improve its flow velocity.Because the content of solids is less, thereby the corrosive wear rate of appts wall will be reduced to minimum.Simultaneously, the rubbing action of solids reduces, and this just means that " dust " amount that produces in the separation process is less.
Multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment can be used as the second or the 3rd separative element especially effectively, because air-flow is the inwall that imports close separation chamber by above-mentioned blade.Therefore, present device can be to minimum particle, particularly above-mentioned those dust separate, from combustion gas, isolate particle with the efficient more much higher less than 15 μ m than prior art, therefore, FCC equipment just can satisfy the less strict demand of dust concentration in the operation of FCC equipment originally with extremely effective one-tenth.Competitive technology with usually in production of energy applied electrostatic precipitator be representative, but with regard to its cost of investment, to regard to the requirement and running cost on basis, this all is a kind of selection with high costs.
With solid fuel externally fired boiler coupling used in the production of energy, multiple entry multi-cyclone separator particularly suitable is in the front of electrostatic precipitator, to remove unburned component in the combustion gas, so that be used for replacing electrostatic precipitator in some cases than the more effective mode of prior art.
When multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment of the present invention as the second or the 3rd separator when being used for separating traditional FCC catalyst, dust concentration in the waste gas is reduced to is not more than 50mg/Nm
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Shown in Fig. 1 is traditional cyclone separator schematic diagram;
Shown in Fig. 2 is the arranging situation that the present invention has the cyclone separator that two cyclone separators (first and second cyclone separators) and FCC reactor regenerator be connected in series; With
Shown in Fig. 3 is the multiple entry multi-cyclone separator device structure side diagrammatic sketch that the present invention is applicable to the 3rd section regenerator cyclone separator in FCC unit.
Employed separative element among the present invention, or multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment has 2, best is at least 3, advantageously 3-300, and the particularly advantageous 3-25 of being multiple entry cyclone separator that is connected in parallel.In the scope of specification of the present invention, this speech that is connected in parallel is to be used to refer to a kind of like this configuration, and promptly each cyclone separator wherein all is connected on a public inlet tube and the public blast pipe.In this equipment, the most important thing is the separation chamber, there is the central axis of perpendicular coke and one inwall in rounded cross section at least basically at least this chamber, is symmetrical around the axle line therein when this just means the rotation of this separation chamber.In multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment, all cyclone separating chamber all have it to be arranged in parallel or are the central axis of parallel array at least.
In the separation chamber, connect the inlet nozzle of a processed gas.This inlet nozzle generally is vertically to be installed on the central shaft of separation chamber and to be furnished with and axial straight straight guide vane (that is, this guide vane becomes to be arranged in parallel with the central axis of equipment).By means of this guide vane system, just processed gas can tangentially be guided logistics into along separation chamber's inwall, by action of centrifugal force solids is separated from gas phase.As mentioned above, have straight guide vane to be used for gaseous stream is divided into branch's logistics in the multiple entry cyclone separator, each branch's logistics can both allow the gas flow rate of one acceleration do independent adjustment.Form a passage and just finished the process that gaseous stream is divided into branch's logistics between guide vane, this can make air-flow quicken and it is used as one thread guide the separation locular wall into, and this makes the separative efficiency of solids higher once more.Passage is tiny, and specifically, its width maximum is no more than 10% of separation chamber's diameter.General width is the 1-8% of this diameter.The length of passage is about 0.5-20 times of about channel width.The quantity of guide vane is at least 2,3-60 advantageously, and best is 8-32.The cyclone separator guide vane comprises many parallel access roades so that form one round the interior girth of cyclone separating chamber, partly or entirely stretch into riser passage, with circular pattern separately, is used for the leaf window that gas enters.When guide vane is in the outside of cyclone separating chamber fully, when cyclone separator entered cyclone separating chamber and causes in the cyclone separating chamber turbulization and flow-disturbing, separating effect was best.In the separation chamber, connect a centre pipe in addition, be used to discharge combustion gas and a dipping tube, be used for removing the solids of separating from gas phase.
Limit a space by two concentric cylindrical or part conical shell surfaces, and be divided into the flow channel of partial parallel along y direction with baffle plate again, just can form the common access passage of multiple entry multi-cyclone separator.Some vertically straight radially baffle plates are installed between two coaxial solid cylindrical outer cover surfaces, just can be formed the flow channel of partial parallel.Access road by many parallel crosscut feed pipes that are installed in ringwise in the Cyclonic separating apparatus constitute also can obtain almost equal result.Also have another kind of possible arrangement to be, gaseous stream is sent into equipment asymmetricly, for example, send into by the entry conductor that the compression wall with the multi-cyclone separation equipment is connected.
With axial flow cyclonic separation gas phase ratio, the structure of cyclone separator of the present invention is different, and one of its difference is by the single discharge tube that links to each other with cyclone separating chamber top the gas through cleaning in the cyclone separator to be discharged.
In the methods of the invention, multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment can be used as the part of multistage separation process.Therefore, according to the present invention's first preferred embodiment, this separation process device comprises one first separator, it can be a traditional cyclone separator or, reasonable is a multiple entry cyclone separator, with one second separator, wherein adopted above-mentioned multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the separation process device comprises the first and second traditional separators, and therefore this multiple entry multi-cyclone separator is suitable as the 3rd separator.Perhaps, at least the first and second separators is a multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment.Also can adopt the cyclone separator of serial or parallel connection to replace traditional cyclone separator.Equally, also can replace traditional multiple entry cyclone separator with the multiple entry cyclone separator of many series connection according to the present invention.Wherein relate to disclosed arrangement mode among the above-cited patent application gazette WO 99/25469.Obviously, multiple entry multi-cyclone separator of the present invention can be used in a large amount of continuous segregation sections, for example, can second and the 3 two kind of cyclone separator in use.
The said equipment structure and process can be used for separating the catalyst in fluid catalystic cracking (FCC) the process product gas.Particularly advantageously be that multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment can be used in the separating FCC unit catalyst regenerator regenerated catalyst from coke oxidation combustion gas.
Wherein, other fluid catalytic cracking process that is suitable for is: the oxidative dimerization of catalytic reforming, phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride or methane, Fischer-Tropsch are synthetic, the chlorination and the bromination of methane, ethane and other hydro carbons, become alkene or gasoline with methanol conversion.
Multiple entry multi-cyclone separator of the present invention or directly be connected with the riser of fluidized-bed catalytic reactor, finish a preferred embodiment of the present invention by this way, or the inlet nozzle of cyclone separator is connected with the gas-phase space of fluidized-bed catalytic reactor, as traditional arranging situation.
Fig. 1 at first illustrates traditional cyclone separator with Fig. 2 and is connected, the arrangement of cyclone separator of the present invention is shown then, as can be seen from the figure, conventional configuration has 2 cyclone separators (first cyclone separator and second cyclone separator) to be connected in series to be used for the regenerator of FCC unit.In fact the number of cyclone separator of connecting can change, and the cyclone separator of use can be less than 2, also 2 of sons how.The maximum gauge of tradition cyclone separator is 1m, can in parallelly use an above cyclone separator, and this depends on processed amount of gas.
In traditional cyclone separator structure, the air by diffuser 1 makes the catalyst stream in the regenerator 2 change into the ebullated bed state and introduces oxygen so that carry out the combustion reaction of coke.Then, the gaseous stream of entrained catalyst particle enters first cyclone separator 3 that is contained in regenerator 2 inside.Particulate matter in the gas phase is separated on the wall of cyclone separating chamber, and then falls into the dipping tube of first cyclone separator from wall.Catalyst returns fluid bed from dipping tube.The air-flow of first cyclone separator of flowing through flows out from cyclone separator through riser, enters second cyclone separator 4.At this, gas removal dust and being arrived on the inwall of cyclone separating chamber, above this, fall into the dipping tube of second cyclone separator then.Air-flow enters collecting chamber from second cyclone separator, and discharges through exhaust manifolds 5.
See also Fig. 2 now, here the regenerator 6 that illustrates comprises first cyclone separator 8 and second cyclone separator 13, both have a public distributor 7, be used for air is received into regenerator 6 and exhaust manifolds 18 are arranged, be used for the air-flow that second cyclone separator comes out is passed away, so just leave regenerator fully.First cyclone separator comprises space 9, in the middle of the regenerator top, is defined by the dipping tube 12 of centre pipe 14 and guide vane luffer boards 10 and 11 bottoms, separation chamber.
According to the present invention, contain the catalyst in the regenerator that is in the ebullated bed state in the air by distributor 7, and introduce the required oxygen of coke combustion reaction.The gas of entrained catalyst solids rises up into the top of regenerator, and enters space 9 by directing vane gate 10.Make gaseous stream enter eddy motion by directing vane window 10, at this, particle is separated to by centrifugal force and separates on the locular wall 11, and falls into the first cyclone separator dipping tube 12 above this.Catalyst turns back to fluid bed from this dipping tube.Cleaner air-flow from first cyclone separator comes out leaves cyclone separating chamber by centre pipe 14, and from then on the passage 15 by preferably having circular cross section more further rises up into the second cyclone separator directing vane window 17A-17C.Dust in the air-flow is split on the wall of the 19A-19C of separation chamber then, falls into the second dipping tube 20A-20C of cyclone separating chamber more from here.Dust falls into the public second cyclone separator dipping tube 12 by the second dipping tube 20A-20C of cyclone separating chamber, and as mentioned above, this pipe is the inside that is contained in the first cyclone separator dipping tube 12.Air-flow by second cyclone separator leaves cyclone separator and enters reactor apparatus through discharge tube 18.
In the solution of Fig. 3, make the logistics held stationary that enters the multi-cyclone separator with eddy motion.When first cyclone separator was the multiple entry cyclone separator, eddy current was saved, and flowed reposefully between cyclone separator.
Fig. 3 illustrates a kind of regenerator cyclone separator of making the 3rd section of FCC unit that is suitable for.Fig. 2 embodiment particularly suitable is made the 3rd cyclone separator.At this, multi-cyclone separator equipment is mounted in the outside of FCC cell pressure container.
With regard to its basic structure, the multiple entry multi-cyclone separator of Fig. 3 is similar to second cyclone separator of Fig. 2.Multiple entry multi-cyclone separator 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D and the 31E of parallel operation are the inside that is contained in public cyclone separator shell 32.The air-flow side of row conduit 33 is equipped with on the top of separation equipment, the discharge tube 34 that the bottom of equipment has a separated particle of confession to use.Best is that the axis of device is arranged vertical.2 dividing plates 35 and 36 are housed at the middle part on this device top, the inside of installing is separated into 3 gas compartments.The multiple entry multi-cyclone separator centre pipe 37A-37E of parallel operation is housed, so that this conduit enters the upper space 39 of cyclone separator on upper spacer 35.Centre pipe extends through upper spacer 35 and makes its port of export reach higher slightly above the dividing plate upper water plane.In similar form, multiple entry multi-cyclone separator dipping tube 38A-38E is housed on the lower clapboard 36, and the lower space 40 that enters cyclone separator.Above-mentioned gas discharge tube 33 directly communicates with cyclone separator upper space 38, and solid discharge conduit 34 communicates with the cyclone separator lower space respectively.
Dividing plate cuts off central space 43, and a feed pipe 41 is housed in the space, passes the shell of cyclone separator, and the gas that will clean is sent into central space.This central space communicates with the directing vane gate 42A-42E of multiple entry multi-cyclone separator.
The gaseous stream of entrained solids is by feed pipe 41 central space of flowing through, and solids is sent to multiple entry multi-cyclone separator directing vane gate 42A-42E with gaseous stream.Guide vane makes gaseous stream be eddy motion, and at this, particle is separated on the wall of conduit 31A-31E and falls into multi-cyclone separator dipping tube 38A-38E above this by centrifugal force.Catalyst particle falls into the lower space 40 of device from this dipping tube, and can be with catalyst particle from wherein removing by solid discharge conduit 34.The airflow passes centre pipe 37A-37E of cleaning comes out and enters upper space 39, leaves this space through gas discharge tube 33 then.
In above-mentioned separation method, used 3-25 multiple cyclone in parallel (16A-16C of this arrangement; 31A-31E), i.e. dipping tube (the 20A-20C of multiple cyclone in parallel wherein; 38A-38E) put in common discharge pipe (21; 34) inside.
If provide a kind of equipment of mode standard, and think to reduce widely the discharge capacity of dust, the multiple entry multi-cyclone separator of Fig. 3 is fit to be used as modified and is installed in the existing FCC process.As for the cyclone separator of being furnished with multiple entry, this equipment also is highly suitable for traditional cascade cyclone separation system.
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1. the method for a separating particular matter from gaseous stream, this method comprises:
The gaseous stream that will contain suspended particulate is sent into and is comprised at least 2 multiple entry multi-cyclone separator (16A-16C; In separation equipment 31A-31C), wherein, this particle is separated from gas by centrifugal force, it is characterized in that:
Used a kind of separator equipment, multiple entry cyclone separator wherein has straight guide vane, be used for gaseous stream is divided into the logistics of some branches,, and wherein have 2 (16A-16C at least so that the acceleration airflow rate of each branch's logistics all obtains adjustment respectively; 31A-31E) the multiple entry cyclone separator is suitable for parallel operation, so that form a kind of multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment.
2. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: processed gaseous stream is the combustion gas of discharging from the first separator equipment.
3. the method for claim 2 is characterized in that: the above-mentioned first separator equipment comprises the serial configured of a kind of traditional cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator or same cyclone separator.
4. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: processed gaseous stream is sent into above-mentioned multiple entry multi-cyclone separator equipment from the second separator equipment.
5. the method for claim 4, it is characterized in that: the above-mentioned first and second separator equipment comprise a kind of traditional cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator, the combination of the serial configured of same cyclone separator or multiple entry cyclone separator and cascade cyclone separator configuration.
6. each method among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that: processed gaseous stream is the gaseous product that emits from fluid catalytic cracking process and contain suspended catalyst.
7. the method for arbitrary claim among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that: processed gaseous stream is the combustion gas that emits thereby contain suspended catalyst in the burning process of catalyst regeneration.
8. the method for arbitrary claim among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that: described fluid catalytic cracking process comprises the catalytic cracking of the hydrocarbon compound of finishing in the fluid catalytic cracking unit.
9. the method for arbitrary claim among the claim 1-5 is characterized in that: processed process discharging gaseous stream is in heating or power generation process, the combustion gas that generates in the solid-fuelled fluidized bed combustion process.
10. the method for arbitrary claim among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that: the dust concentration in the processed gaseous stream is reduced to and is not more than 50mg/Nm
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11. the method for arbitrary claim among the claim 1-5 is characterized in that: the separation of particulate matter is by 3-25 multiple cyclone in parallel (16A-16C; 31A-31E) finish.
12. the method for claim 11 is characterized in that: 3-25 the multiple cyclone in parallel (16A-16C that has wherein used this arrangement; 31A-31E), i.e. dipping tube (the 20A-20C of multiple cyclone in parallel wherein; 38A-38E) put in common discharge pipe (21; 34) inside.
13. the assembly of a separating particular matter from the gaseous stream of process equipment, this assembly comprises:
At least 2 multiple entry cyclone separator (16A-16C; 31A-31E), it is characterized in that:
This multiple entry cyclone separator has straight guide vane, be used for gaseous stream is divided into the logistics of some branches so that the acceleration airflow rate of each branch's logistics all obtains respectively adjusting and
Have at least 2 multiple entry cyclone separators to be connected in parallel.
14. the assembly of claim 13 is characterized in that: this multiple cyclone in parallel (16A-16C) has one by 2 concentric cylinders or part conoidal Shell surface (12,14; 14,21) the common gas access passage (15) that forms between, so this cyclone separator (16A-16C) is suitable in the operation of the inner space of described gas access passage (15).
15. the assembly of claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that: this gas access passage (15) has a rounded cross section in the plane perpendicular to cyclone separating chamber's central shaft.
16. the assembly of claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that: each multiple entry cyclone separator (16A-16C; 31A-31E) all is furnished with tape guide blade (17A-17C; 42A-42E) and its central axis be the separation chamber of a vertical line.
17. the assembly of claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that: the guide vane (17A-17C of described multiple entry cyclone separator; 42A-42E) round the interior girth of cyclone separating chamber, partly or entirely stretch into riser passage, separately with circular pattern, comprise many parallel access roades so that form one, be used for the leaf window that gas enters.
18. the assembly of claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that: described multiple entry cyclone separator (16A-16C in parallel; Number 31A-31E) is 3-300.
19. the assembly of claim 13 or 14 is characterized in that: described assembly is to be connected with fluid catalytic cracking process equipment or the process device that is used for fluidized bed combustion.
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